Week 2: Pin-ups for Push-ups

Hi Tributes, Fatniss here.  First, I just want to say great job on your first week in this game.  I did not fare so well, but somebody made me eat a donut at work on Saturday morning, then they made me eat persimmon pudding, a cookie, and some homemade wine at our chili cookoff Saturday evening, and then somebody made me eat a baby shower cupcake on Sunday afternoon, and then our small group leader made me eat pizza and a small piece of chocolate cake on Sunday evening.

Why did I eat such garbage? Because I wasn't  #*!&ing writing any of it down, until Sunday night!!  I was so busy socializing and celebrating, I was just going along with the crowd, and living for the moment.  Each time I said, "Oh, this little smackeroo won't hurt anything," but I had lost track of all those little smackeroos.

Moral of the story:  Write it all down.  In real time.  You don't have to have the calorie count on everything.  It will read like a story all on it's own, even without the numbers.

I'm ramping it up girls!  It's a new week!

Here are some exercise guidelines to print and pin-up on the wall (lovingly brought to you by the CDC):

Here's another one, with more eye-catching color:

This is when you should get out your calendar and start making a plan.  Do it right now.  Make a date with your nearest Hunger Games frenemy.  Get SOMETHING down on the calendar and stick to it.  If you are starting from ground zero, perhaps you need to start small, and increase it each week.  Some of you are already doing a great job of working out.  To you guys I say... stop, and let us fatties catch up. Haaa!



In case you don't know what your target heart rate should be for your cardio, here is another little screenshot for ya, directly ripped from the American Heart Association website:

Are you a beginner who desires a home workout routine?  Print the following image and tape it to your wall.  Starting with this will pump you up and make you wonderfully sore:

 
I know that all this stuff is probably boring to look at, but you can come back and reference it when you are ready.  Perhaps the following is the only pin-up you need to inspire you:

Hey Tribute #2, is this "the Dream" you're talking about?

So let's see who is...

Looks like How the Hell is kicking butt, followed by Plumpish and Don't Blink!  Keep up the good work, or Rotunda might catch up with you.
   

Keep sending me those weekly weights, by early Wed. afternoon.  Don't hesitate to text them to me in the early morning, because I have my phone set to "Do not disturb" when I'm sleeping.

BTW, we now have 24 Tributes!  We are officially playing with a full deck!
Hang in there, we can do this!

Hope to be seeing less of you,
Fatniss Blubberdeen